The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-02
INPIArING An AWFUL CRIME.
George n Di,que Hanged In Jersey 'its
for the Murder of His Wife.

for the Murder of His Wife.
JERSEY CITY. y j., June l-George
H. DisQue the wife-murderer suffered
the extreme penalty of the law In the
westerly corridor of the Hudson county
iail. Jersey City. few minutes after I'D
o'clock lhis morning The condemned
man maintained his tortitude to the last.
pi~QuE'- TERRIBLE CRIME.
The following is a story of the crime
for which he was punished Abut
O'Clock ON Tuesday afternoon. October .,
1883. the wife of Policeman Michael Des-
mond. who occupied the lower iioor OF
the house i'm which Disque lived, heard
the latter quarreling with his wife. Then
came the sound of q heavy fall, after
which an was still About half AN hour
later DsQue came down stairs dressed IN
iis best. He met Mrs Desmond's little
girl I'm the hallway For Gods sake,
Kitty said he take care of Carrie anu
Annie until | come back The
girl promised t0 look out for the two
children. who were playing I'm the yard.
Disuua never returned. lt was 800
O'Clock that afternoon when Disque
walked into the lIoboken police station.
Roundsman Peter Jacobus was in charge
and greeted DisQue pleasantly We
had q fght with my wife, Pete, SAID
Disou. "~he took a stool and knife 10
me and cut her throat cut It good,
too guess she's dead Here's the key
of my room. you had better see about 1t.
Officers Kaiser and Nelson were sent to
/ D.s0ue's home They found officer Des-
mond who had been awakened by ms
wife. pccrng through the keyhole oi
/ Di-uuc's room The door was opened
and frighrul sight was revealed. ON
/ the floor. in "A pool of blood, lay Mrs.
/ Dis0ues body Her throat had been cut
/ from ear tD ear In three distinct gashes.
/ The dead w0mans ten m0nths-old baby
/ had crawled to thc side of the bed and
was
IBArmNo JOS HANDS IN ruE MOTHER
BLOOD.
I'm thc adjoining bedroom were found
Df.mcs blood stained suit and under
Garments. the bloody water I'm which he
had washed his hands, and the knile
with which The deed was done Both
room. ga e. evidence of the womad 3
le.ncrfc struggle for life Her hands
were cut to the bone where the knife had
been drawn through her fingers, and
bloody durermark- ou her hair showed
how Der head had been drawn back TO
-mirhtcr her. He was sentenced 10 be
hanged March 2Gth, but upon writ OF
error being secured the execution was
postponed Last April the supreme
Cour, affirmed tine Judgment against him,
and hc was .cntcnced to be hanged to-
day
Twelve years ago the father Of Disquo
died iu ihe arms of his friend lleentle
who ha, since become sheriff This morn
in. tine sheriff was compelled to otiiciate
. at the execution of his old friends son
DisQuc. during the past few days, showed
4 bi little concern over the fat which
awaited him He ate hearty meals, SLEPT
REGULAR. and chattcd brightly Will
hi. Keepers Ills last request was thai
as feW persons a- possible should be
admitted tO thc execution. lie refused
, to -ee his mother last week, AS he be
VI eyed the shock of the sad parting woul,
llill her, His little son visited him daily
. while Doe WAS n prison. bat bis wife
relatives refused To- allow his daughter q
.ec Kim lli- body will be- cremaled. ll'
+, made fuil confession 90 the Rev Mr
ID Noy ln speaking of his crime h
j, said ana sorry for DO, OF course, but
Do really remember nothing about 10. Iht
F. day seems like a dream 10 me